[lace] Items lost/found at IOLI last summer

2011-04-18 Thread lacelady
Someone who attended the 2010 IOLI in Portland is missing a purchase. Someone bought two fabric items from a vendor, and left them behind at the vendor's booth. If you attended, and bought two things from the antique linens vendor, think carefully if you have the items. If someone can

[lace] First pillow

2011-04-18 Thread Gray, Alison J
Hi It's been fascinating to read about people's first pillows, what an enterprising lot we are. My first pillow was just an ordinary polystyrene cookie pillow, but the cover was something else. My instructions said that I needed a piece of cotton material, dark blue or green which I didn't

[lace] first pillow

2011-04-18 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello What a lovely story about your first pillow Alison. A lovely end for a skirt I must say. Daphne Where spring has sprung Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

RE: [lace] first pillow

2011-04-18 Thread Jo
My first pillow was a roll of about 10 cm wide and a diameter of 5 cm, filled with ... Sand! I soon discovered I must have misunderstood something on the street fair. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace commission

2011-04-18 Thread The Lace Bee
One has to commend her abition.  Because I'm still working I couldn't give the time to this and for me to take time out to do this I doubt she, as a student, could afford the cost.   Hopefully there is someone out there who could.   L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My

Re: [lace] first pillow

2011-04-18 Thread Clay Blackwell
saw dust, perhaps? On 4/18/2011 3:21 PM, Jo wrote: My first pillow was a roll of about 10 cm wide and a diameter of 5 cm, filled with ... Sand! I soon discovered I must have misunderstood something on the street fair. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace commission

2011-04-18 Thread Clay Blackwell
While she indicates that she knows it will be expensive, I think she would be completely shocked to learn how long it would take to make what she wants... even if several people are working on it, as was not at all unusual centuries ago..., and so the expense will be astronomical! The other

Re: [lace] Bobbin lace commission

2011-04-18 Thread Dmt11home
At the moment, I am developing graphic images which can then be integrated into lace designs is the phrase that frightens me. First of all, she seems to have images in the plural. Secondly, they are not lace designs. This is not surprising in that she doesn't make or design lace, so she

RE: [lace] first pillow

2011-04-18 Thread Jay Ekers
A friend made a needlelace pillow for me and filled it with sand. Jay in Sydney -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Clay Blackwell Sent: Tuesday, 19 April 2011 7:08 AM To: Jo Cc: 'Arachne' Subject: Re: [lace] first pillow saw